Press Release

Issued by Spirit Aeronautics.

May 2, 2016

Spirit Aeronautics, a world class leader in business aircraft services, is proud to announce that veteran aircraft maintenance technician Petre Liliac has joined the Spirit team as an aircraft maintenance lead technician.

“We are very pleased to add someone of Petre's caliper and skills to our team”, said Tony Bailey, president and COO. “His abilities and experience complement our existing staff and provide the extra leadership and floor level talent we wanted to support our growth in maintenance activities performed at Spirit. He is a very respected professional in the aviation industry and is an incredible addition to our organization.”

Mr. Liliac has over 22 years of progressive aircraft maintenance experience working for highly regarded companies such as Pentastar Aviation, Corporate Air Management, Northcoast Jet & Jettec, IFL Group and Becker Aviation. He is a graduate of Michigan Institute of Aeronautics and has formal training on a multitude of aircraft including Learjet 45 series training by FlightSafety, Gulfstream G200 training by FlightSafety, Bombardier Challenger 600 training by Global Jet Services, Hawker 125-700 training by GlennAir, and PW305 series jet engine training by Pratt & Whitney to name a few. Mr. Liliac is a licensed FAA Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic and holds Eddy Current Level II, Magnetic Particle Level II and Dye Penetrant Level II certifications.

Mr. Liliac's aircraft experience includes Gulfstream GII through G550, Bombardier Challenger and Global series, Falcon 20 through 2000, all variants of the Hawker, King Air 90, 100, 200 & 350, all models of Citations and Learjet models 24 through 55.